Internationally acclaimed soil scientists to receive awards in Philadelphia
...cience research. The award consists of an engraved medal and $1,000 honorarium. The 2006 honoree is Victor ...Applied Soil Science Award consists of an engraved medal and $1,000 honorarium and is presented in 2006 to Rattan Lal of The Ohio State University. Dr. Lal i...Australian of the Year wins top American honour
...umour Immunology. Professor Frazer will share the medal with German scientist Harald zur Hausen, the man w...parts of the body. Professor Frazer won the Coley medal for creating a vaccine against HPV and the potential to prevent cervical cancer. He wins $5000 and ...March of Dimes awards $250,000 prize to research pioneer
...mes Prize is a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of the Roosevelt dime, in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. Dr. Varshavsky, the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology in the Division of Biology at the California Institute of...Ironman study redefines fine-tuned: Balance training time with blood pressure variability
...an turned Austrian, was the Olympic triathlon gold medal winner in 2:04.43. (Compared with an Ironman, the Olympic triathlon comprises a mere 1-mile swim, 25-mile bike ride and 10K run (6.2 miles). The "average" Kona Ironman athlete trains for seven months (Oct. 14 this year, still plenty of time, if you'v...UCLA biochemistry professor Sabeeha Merchant wins prestigious research award
...algae," the National Academy of Sciences said. The medal has been presented every third year since 1979. The National Academy of Sciences is a nonprofit society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use ...Academy awards medal to noted expert in disappearing amphibians
... Academy president, the award consists of a bronze medal and $5,000. Leidy helped popularize dinosaurs when... the Academy in 1868. Past recipients of the Leidy medal include ornithologist James Bond, biologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson and entomologist Edward O. Wilson. ...Academy honors 15 for major contributions to science
...N J. CARTY AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE a medal and prize of $25,000 awarded annually for notewort... been awarded since 1932. GIBBS BROTHERS MEDAL a medal and prize of $20,000 awarded every three years for outstanding contributions in the field of naval a...Norman R. Augustine to receive 2006 Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
...red chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. The medal honors his "contributions to the vitality of science in the United States by bringing to industry and government a better understanding of the crucial role that fundamental scientific research must play in our long-term security and economic prosperi......s. The Nutrition Society's "Sir David Cuthbertson" medal was awarded to Dr. Gema Frhbeck for her contribution in the investigation of obesity....Marine researcher wins prestigious chemistry prize
...s Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) on Texel. This medal represents the highest international accolade in t... (Spain). Jaap Sinninghe Damst receives the Treibs medal for his years of successful research into the biogeochemistry of fossilised carbon-based molecules i...Field Museum gives prestigious Parker/Gentry Award to eminent New World ornithologist
...n Medal from the Linnaean Society of New York. The medal is named in honor of ornithologist Eugene Wiseman, who Dr. Stiles credits with encouraging his career in tropical ornithology. In 1997, Dr. Stiles won the Alexander F. Skutch Medal for Excellence in Neotropical Ornithology. Dr. Skutch studied birds ...Steven M. Larson named recipient of SNM's 2005 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...ational Cancer Institute. He was awarded the Wylie medal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for his contributions to the development of radiopharmaceutical regulations. Other awards include the Louise and Lionel Berman Foundation Inc. award for accomplishments in the field of nuclear medicine i...Talalay receives Pauling Prize for Health Research
...for Health Research. This award, which includes a medal and $50,000 honorarium, is one of the leading honors in the world for scientists studying micronutrients, diet and other natural approaches to disease prevention or therapy. Talalay received the honor at the recent international conference on Diet an...Scripps Nierenberg Prize awarded to nature filmmaker Sir David Attenborough
...ium at Scripps. He will be presented with a bronze medal and $25,000. The award ceremony will be followed by "Discovery and the Camera," a free public presentation from Attenborough. The Nierenberg Prize presentation is free; aquarium admission is not included. Seating and parking for the presentation are ...Two pioneers in genetic research win $250,000 March of Dimes prize
...mes Prize is a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of the Roosevelt dime, in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. "Before gene targeting, researchers could not pinpoint how a specific gene worked, which was very frustrating," said Dr. Jennifer L....Creation of gene targeting earns Smithies March of Dimes honor
...mes Prize is a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of the Roosevelt dime, in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. "Before gene targeting, researchers could not pinpoint how a specific gene worked, which was very frustrating," said Dr. Jennifer L....DRI awards 2005 Nevada Medal to University of Washington archaeologist Donald K. Grayson
...It includes a $20,000 honorarium and minted silver medal provided by the shareholders of communication company SBC.DRI is currently accepting nominations for the 2006 and 2007 award years. Universities, private firms, research organizations, professional societies and individuals are invited to make Nevada...Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
...oo-my friends, family and colleagues.'' Yanofsky's medal brings the number awarded to scholars at Stanford, including the Hoover Institution, to 31. Established by Congress in 1959, the National Medal of Science honors individuals for pioneering scientific research that has led to a better understanding of...UK scientist and children's author wins EMBO Award for Communications 2004
...ze of Euro 5,000 and a handcrafted gold and silver medal were presented to Fran Balkwill on November 5, 2004 at the EMBL/EMBO Science & Society Conference, "Time and Aging Mechanisms and Meanings" in Heidelberg, Germany. Frances Balkwill said:"I am delighted to receive this award, but I don't look on it...